Healthy Comfort Foods: 5 Fall Favorites Get Skinny

As chilly fall nights replace steamy summer eves, piping hot casserole dishes replace cold pasta salads and grilled meats. Dinners baked in a hot oven will warm cold bodies and cloak us in a familiar fall routine. There’s a reason comfort foods make their way to the dinner table in the fall: they’re satisfying, hearty, warm, soothing and humble all in one. Unfortunately, high fat and calories are also defining characteristics of comfort foods. So we’ve found five fall healthy comfort foods that get skinny makeovers, and you’ll never know the difference. Add these incredible meals to your Halloween, Thanksgiving and holiday menus for a lighter twist on your fall favorites.

Mac and Cheese is the ultimate comfort food, and it’s almost impossible not to eat the whole tray. This light version gets creaminess from butternut squash, and you won’t believe it’s 500 calories lighter than the old school recipe.

We already know what you can with the leftover turkey that you’re bound to have this Thanksgiving. Use it in this delicious and creamy turkey soup! What a great way to reset your weight after over indulging.